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Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono, right, shakes hands with France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot during their bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
France and Indonesia vow to boost safety in Indo-Pacific as tensions between EU and Beijing persist
France and Indonesia’s top diplomats have inked a new maritime security project aiming “to ensure peace and safety” at sea in the Indo-Pacific region.
 
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, right, and Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin attend a wreath laying ceremony prior to their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Russia and Indonesia hold talks to strengthen ties on defense and security
A top Russian security official and Indonesia’s defense minister have held talks in Jakarta as Moscow’s war on Ukraine entered its fourth year.
 
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, left, walks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they inspect honor guard during a welcoming ceremony prior to their meeting at Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Leaders of Indonesia and Turkey hold talks on defense and economic ties
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday for talks aimed at strengthening economic and defense ties between the two Muslim-majority nations.
 
Serge Atlaoui, center, an ailing French national who has spent almost 20 years on death row in Indonesia for drug offenses, is escorted by security officers as he attends a news conference ahead of his return to France, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia sends home an ailing French national on death row
Indonesian authorities are sending home an ailing French national who has been on death row in the Southeast Asian country, following a transfer agreement between Paris and Jakarta.
 
Drug suspect Serge Areski Atloui of France, center, sits on the defendant's chair accompanied by an interpreter during his trial at a district court in Tangerang, Indonesia, Nov. 6, 2006. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Ailing French man on death row pleads to return home as Indonesia to pardon 44,000 prisoners
Indonesian authorities say an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses has made a last-ditch plea to be returned home. Serge Atlaoui has spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prison.
 
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Affairs Yusril Ihza Mahendra, left, and Philippine's Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez show the document during the signing ceremony of a deal to send home Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino death-row drug convict, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia agrees to repatriate Filipino woman who spent years on death row over drug trafficking
“It is a fitting gift that affirms the good relationship between the two countries,” said Vasquez. “We do understand and we respect the Indonesian court decision with respect to the sentence.. and we will endeavor to let her serve her sentence.”
 
Indonesian immigration officers escort recently-arrested Chinese national Yan Zhenxing who is on Interpol Red Notice list and wanted in China on allegation of laundering money for an online gambling syndicate, during a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday, Dec 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Indonesia arrests a Chinese man wanted by Beijing over money laundering charges
Indonesian authorities have arrested a Chinese man sought by Beijing for allegedly helping transfer and laundering almost $18 million from a criminal online gambling group in China.
 
Hector Aldwin Pantollana, accused of a multi million dollars casino investment scam in the Philippines, is escorted by immigration officers during a press conference following his arrest, at the office of the Directorate General of Immigration in Jakarta, Indonesia Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia arrests Filipino fugitive accused of running a $67 million investment scam
Authorities on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali said they’ve arrested a Filipino fugitive accused of helping scam over $67 million out of clients in the Philippines.
 
Chinese fugitive identified only by his initial LQ wears a mask escorted by Immigration officers before a news conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia arrests a suspect wanted by China for running a $14 billion investment scam
Immigration officers in Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali have arrested a Chinese suspect sought by Beijing for helping run over $14 billion investment scam to clients in China.
 
Muslim men attend Friday prayer at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, where Pope Francis is scheduled to hold an interfaith meeting on Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Pope will visit the Istiqlal mosque in Indonesia on the first stop of an interfaith Asian trip
When Pope Francis begins his Asia tour next week, one of his early stops will be at Indonesia’s iconic Istiqlal mosque.
 
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati delivers her statement during a hearing on the presidential election result dispute at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Indonesian Cabinet ministers deny claims by losing presidential candidates of misused government aid
Four Indonesian Cabinet members have testified that no rules were violated in the distribution of government aid during the recent election campaign, despite claims by the two losing presidential candidates that it was used for the benefit of the election winner.
 
Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, right, shakes hands with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles following their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Indonesia and Australia hold defense talks as both nations move toward signing a security agreement
Indonesia and Australia have held high-level talks in Jakarta as the neighboring countries seek to strengthen security ties by signing a defense cooperation agreement in the coming months.
 
A protester shouts slogans during a rally against alleged fraud in the Feb. 14 presidential election outside the General Election Commission's office in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Tens of people staged the rally demanding the election authority to stop presidential frontrunner Prabowo Subianto, a former general who has claimed victory after unofficial tallies put him in the lead, from taking office as the next president, claiming widespread electoral fraud. Writings on the posters read "Refuse fraudulent election". (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Indonesian activists protest ex-general’s win in presidential election and allege massive fraud
Protesters have marched in Indonesia’s capital demanding the election authority stop Prabowo Subianto from taking office as the next president, claiming widespread electoral fraud.
 
Supporters of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) shout slogans during a campaign rally at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. Tens of thousands of Indonesians flocked to presidential campaign rallies of the governing party's presidential hopeful on Saturday amid growing public concerns of deteriorating democracy in Southeast Asia's largest economy. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Indonesians flock to presidential campaign rallies as criticism against the government mounts
Tens of thousands of Indonesians have flocked to presidential campaign rallies to air their concerns over the state of democracy in the country.
 
Indonesian presidential hopeful and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, center, gestures during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. The world's third-largest democracy is holding its legislative and presidential elections on Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Indonesia top court rejects presidential age limit, clearing legal path for 72-year-old frontrunner
Indonesia’s top court rejected an effort to block presidential candidates who are over 70 or implicated in human rights abuses, clearing the legal path for a septuagenarian former general’s ultra-nationalist campaign.
 
Muslims perform a morning prayer marking the Eid al-Adha holiday on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia’s Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha with feasts after disease last year disrupted rituals
Muslims across Indonesia are celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar, with full meat-based feasts after fears of last year’s foot-and-mouth disease outbreak waned.